Washtub with wringer attachment.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SOLOMON RICI'IMAN, OF NEW YORK2 N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO NATIONAL ENAMELINGAND STAMPING CO., OF SAME PLACE.

WASHTUB WITH WRINGER ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No, 680,279, dated. August13, 1901. Application inea nach 20,1901. saranno. 51.995'. (Nomad.)

T0 all whom' it may concern:

Be it known that l, SOLOMON RIOHMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at No. 1335 Madison avenue, in the city of New York, borough ofManhattan, New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Washtubs with Wringer Attachments, of which the following is aspeciiication.

My invention relates to washtubs with wringer attachments, and has forits object to produce a metallic washtub with an attachment whereby awripger may be firmly clamped or otherwise secured thereto.

In the accompanying drawings I have shown a washtub in which myinvention is embodied.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of the tub and wringer.Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation showing the manner of engaging the tuband wringer by means of the attachment, and Fig. 3 is a broken-away sec#tional plan view of the part of the tub which embodies the wringerattachment.

In the drawings, ct represents a metallic Washtub. This metallic washtubis preferably made of galvanized iron, orit maybe constructed of othermetal. The top edge h of the tub is provided with a rim-Wire c, and thetub is provided, preferably, immediately below the turned-over edge withan elongated curved metallic strap d. This metallic strap is securedfirmly to the tub by means of rivets e, and the curve of the strapconforms substantially to the curvature Vof the tub, exceptv where it isprovided with two bulges, elevations, or projectionsf, formed in thebody of the strap, at which portions the strap is main-V tained out ofcontact with the tub. In the present instance I have shown the strap asbent to form these bulges or elevations. These bulges or elevations areof suicient extent to coperate with a clamp g of the Wringer h, and theclamps firmly engage the said elevations, which elevations being of aspringy nature will cooperate with the clamps in holding the wringerfirmly in position on the tub. It will likewise be observed that thestrap acts as a strengthening member and being applied to the curvedsurface aids in stiffening the said curved surface against strainstending to straighten it, and in this sense is to be clearlydistinguished from a strap applied to a iiat or substantially iiatsurface.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure b vLetters Patent, 1s;-

In a washtub, the combination of a tub with a Wringer attachmentcomprising a strap secured to the upper portion of the tub and providedwith outwardly-extending projections, each .projection having two shortend members and a at central member of greater extent spaced from thetub and adapted to form a spring-bearing for a clamp of awringer.

SOL. RICI'IMAN.

Witnesses:

. GEO. E. MORSE,

OTTO v. SCHEENK'.

